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NEW YORK CITY

Most Famous People Born in New York City, USA

Notable people
22,064
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1935
Most distinctive
Screenwriter 5.4×

If the 20th century held a casting call, it was in New York. Almost all of the city's notable births fall after 1900, fueled by an entertainment economy — Broadway, Tin Pan Alley, the studio system, late-night TV, hip-hop in the Bronx — that has minted more actors, comedians, and musicians than any other American city. Even its 19th-century names skew literary: poets, editors, journalists, not generals or industrialists.

Standouts

What New York City Is Known For

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Actor is New York City's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (3,012).

New York City over-indexes on screenwriter 5.4× the global rate.

New York City under-produces football — only 0.1× the global rate.

  1. Actor 3,012 2.6×
  2. Politician 1,004 0.4×
  3. Writer 859 1.2×
  4. Film 841 3.1×
  5. Lawyer 794 2.1×
  6. Music 767 2.4×
  7. Baseball 584 2.3×
  8. Singer 573 1.3×
  1. Screenwriter 522 5.4×
  2. Producer 225 3.6×
  3. Novelist 299 3.4×
  4. Film 841 3.1×
  5. Photographer 287 2.7×
  6. Actor 3,012 2.6×
  7. Music 767 2.4×
  8. Baseball 584 2.3×
  1. Football 365 0.1×
  2. Politician 1,004 0.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of New York City's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
  • Film & TV
  • Writing
  • Music
  • Sports
  • Politics & Law
  • Science
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10783 IMPRESARIO

Michael Kaiser

Born 1953

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10794 ACTOR

Bern Nadette Stanis

Born 1953

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10816 PRODUCER

Stewart F. Lane

Born 1951

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10844 WRITER

Peter Parnell

Born 1953

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10847 WRITER

Daniel Evan Weiss

Born 1953

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10866 ACTOR

Alexandra Kazan

Born 1959

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10869 ACTOR

Ron Fassler

Born 1957

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10873 BASKET

Ed Searcy

Born 1952

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10885 COMPOSER

Ken Corday

Born 1950

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10888 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Bruce Weintraub

1952 - 1985

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10890 RUNNER

Matt Centrowitz

Born 1955

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10907 HOCKEY

Glenn Patrick

Born 1950

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10916 ACTOR

Thomas James O'Leary

Born 1956

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10951 SCREENWRITER

David Wise (writer)

1955 - 2020

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10954 LAWYER

Gerard E. Lynch

Born 1951

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10970 MUSIC

Robert Trowers

Born 1957

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10979 COMPOSER

Ron Ramin

Born 1953

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10982 GENETICIST

Jeremy Nathans

Born 1958

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10987 ECONOMIST

David E. Bloom

Born 1955

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11001 ENTREPRENEUR

Jay S. Fishman

1952 - 2016

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11003 NOVELIST

Robert Greenberger

Born 1958

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11018 RABBI

Yitzchak Berkovits

Born 1953

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11039 BASKET

Lou Silver

Born 1953

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11053 LAWYER

Clay Constantinou

Born 1951

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11055 COLUMNIST

Stanley Bing

1951 - 2020

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11062 LAWYER

Amy Totenberg

Born 1950

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11064 POLITICIAN

John W. Marshall

Born 1958

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11067 SOCIOLOGIST

Steven M. Cohen

Born 1950

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11068 AUTHOR

Charles Moose

Born 1953

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11069 CIVIL RIGHTS

Jim Steyer

Born 1956

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11070 PHOTOGRAPHER

Laura McPhee

Born 1958

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11078 COMPOSER

Les Fradkin

Born 1951

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11082 PUBLISHING

Sara Nelson

Born 1956

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11085 SINGER

Ian North

Born 1952

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11098 THEATRE

Michael Greif

Born 1959

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11110 SCREENWRITER

David Manson (producer)

Born 1952

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11112 SCREENWRITER

Paul Regina

1956 - 2006

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11115 MATHEMATICIAN

Caryn Navy

Born 1953

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11119 BOXER

Kevin Rooney

Born 1956

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11123 SINGER

Julie Budd

Born 1954

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11150 POLITICIAN

Marty Golden

Born 1950

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11157 SCREENWRITER

Bill Nuss

Born 1950

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11161 ARCHITECT

Peter Pennoyer

Born 1957

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11166 SCREENWRITER

Robert Ozn

Born 1950

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11183 MUSIC

Warren Benbow

Born 1954

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11198 WRITER

Russ Banham

Born 1954

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11208 BASEBALL

Pete Falcone

Born 1953

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11219 ACTOR

Kathy Willets

Born 1958

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11222 FOOTBALL

Arnie Mausser

Born 1954

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11229 ART HISTORIAN

Glenn D. Lowry

Born 1954

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11235 WRITER

Jeffrey Hollender

Born 1954

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11262 WRITER

Harold Augenbraum

Born 1953

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11272 PUBLISHER

Bob Guccione Jr.

Born 1955

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11279 BASKET

Matthew White (basketball)

1957 - 2013

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11295 BUSINESS

Gerard Arpey

Born 1958

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11318 ROWER

Fred Borchelt

Born 1954

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11322 CHEF

Michael Lomonaco

Born 1955

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11324 JOURNALIST

Michael Hiltzik

Born 1952

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11349 FILM

Charles Lane (filmmaker)

Born 1953

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11361 LINGUIST

David M. Bunis

Born 1952

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11363 SOLDIER

Ronald Paul Bucca

1954 - 2001

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11365 PIANIST

John Esposito (pianist)

Born 1953

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11376 COMIC

Danny Fingeroth

Born 1950

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11384 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jamie Livingston

1956 - 1997

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11435 WRITER

Al Sarrantonio

Born 1952

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11447 BASKET

Greg Jackson (basketball, born 1952)

1952 - 2012

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11463 CURATOR

Adam D. Weinberg

Born 1954

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11470 LAWYER

Elisse B. Walter

Born 1950

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11476 JOURNALIST

Tom Shroder

Born 1954

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11482 POLITICIAN

Jeff Van Drew

Born 1953

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11497 COMPOSER

Mike Holober

Born 1957

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11501 LINGUIST

Mary Ann Newman

Born 1951

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11506 EPIDEMIOLOGIST

Seth Berkley

Born 1956

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11529 BASEBALL

Dennis Leonard

Born 1951

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11533 WRITER

Rachel Isadora

Born 1953

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11534 SCIENTIST

Michael I. Miller

Born 1955

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11549 ACTOR

Christopher McCann

Born 1952

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11556 AIR FORCE

Michael Montelongo

Born 1955

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11560 RESEARCH

Jo Handelsman

Born 1959

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11561 SAXOPHONIST

Tony Dagradi

Born 1952

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11565 PAINTER

Michael David (painter)

Born 1954

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11571 BUSINESS

Elly Kleinman

Born 1952

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11595 BASKET

Ricky Marsh

Born 1954

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11596 PHOTOGRAPHER

Thomas Roma

Born 1950

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11613 WRITER

Kwame Alexander

Born 1950

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11619 ACTOR

Dael Orlandersmith

Born 1959

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11636 LAWYER

Beth Nolan

Born 1951

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11639 RESEARCH

Marc Levoy

Born 1953

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11645 HISTORIAN

James Oakes (historian)

Born 1953

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11647 CHESS

Peter Winston (chess player)

Born 1958

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11658 PAINTER

Juan Sanchez (artist)

Born 1954

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11689 WRITER

Seth M. Siegel

Born 1953

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11700 ACTOR

Lena Farugia

1951 - 2019

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11702 ACTOR

Chip Fields

Born 1951

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11732 ARTIST

Carol Wax

Born 1953

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11739 POET

Rika Lesser

Born 1953

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11742 NOVELIST

Lee Oser

Born 1958

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11754 WRITER

John Bell Young

1953 - 2017

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11758 ATHLETIC

Marcel Philippe (athlete)

Born 1951

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11777 FILM

Richard Peña

Born 1953

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11780 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Linda Manzanilla

Born 1951

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11784 ACADEMIC

Seth Lerer

Born 1955

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11794 FILM

Ezra Swerdlow

1953 - 2018

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11797 BOXER

Mark Medal

Born 1957

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11812 WRITER

Janet McDonald

1953 - 2007

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11822 LAWYER

Peter Neufeld

Born 1950

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11823 PODCASTER

Rich Vos

Born 1957

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11836 PSYCHOLOGIST

Laura-Ann Petitto

Born 1950

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11844 BIOLOGIST

Nancy Marcus

1950 - 2018

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11853 PAINTER

Christopher Knowles

Born 1959

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11867 SPORT

Doug Shapiro

Born 1959

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11875 JUDGE

Barry G. Silverman

Born 1951

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11893 ACADEMIC

David A. Garvin

1952 - 2017

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11894 LAWYER

Laura Taylor Swain

Born 1958

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11912 WRITER

Suzan Johnson Cook

Born 1957

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11913 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Joanne M. Cohoon

1954 - 2016

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11934 DIPLOMAT

Joseph A. Mussomeli

Born 1952

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11940 NOVELIST

James Kaplan

Born 1951

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11948 COMPOSER

Robert Fleisher

Born 1953

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11958 LAWYER

Richard G. Taranto

Born 1957

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11965 BUSINESS

Marian Salzman

Born 1959

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11978 PHILOSOPHER

Mark Kelman

Born 1951

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11996 POET

Willa Schneberg

Born 1952

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11999 ARTIST

Jessica Diamond

Born 1957

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12031 JOURNALIST

Richard Roth (journalist)

Born 1955

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12046 PUBLISHING

Richard Grayson (writer)

Born 1951

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12066 FILM

Caldecot Chubb

Born 1950

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12072 BUSINESS

Stuart Sternberg

Born 1959

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12082 SONGWRITER

Leroy Burgess

Born 1953

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12098 WRITER

Nikki Grimes

Born 1950

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12100 WRITER

Jonathan Levi

Born 1955

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12110 DIPLOMAT

Eunice Reddick

Born 1951

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12133 ACTOR

Robert Towers

Born 1952

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12135 JUMPER

Norman Dello Joio (equestrian)

Born 1956

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12148 COMPOSER

Mark Delpriora

Born 1959

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12150 AUTHOR

John Steptoe

1950 - 1989

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12160 PHILOSOPHER

Babette Babich

Born 1956

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12163 MARINE

Tony Santiago

Born 1950

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12174 MANAGER

Rose Marie Bravo

Born 1951

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12189 PHOTOGRAPHER

Michael Somoroff

Born 1957

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12192 WRITER

Steven A. Carter

Born 1958

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12194 SINGER

Terre Roche

Born 1953

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12242 POET

Mark Nepo

Born 1951

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12243 MUSIC

Bob Mayo

1951 - 2004

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12246 JOURNALIST

David Helvarg

Born 1951

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12259 SINGER

Richard Termini

Born 1956

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12266 PAINTER

Tobi Kahn

Born 1952

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12267 PLAYER

James McManus

Born 1951

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12270 MUSIC

Bob Bralove

Born 1955

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12271 SCULPTOR

Jerry Torre

Born 1953

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12273 BASEBALL

Ed Lynch (baseball)

Born 1956

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12282 SOCIOLOGIST

Patricia A. Adler

Born 1951

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12286 ILLUSTRATOR

Richard J. Kaufman

Born 1958

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12288 FILM

Susan B. Landau

1952 - 2017

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12293 MODEL

Pat Cleveland

Born 1950

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12302 COMPOSER

Bashiri Johnson

Born 1955

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12335 CAMPAIGN

Robin Koval

Born 1955

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12341 MUSIC

Earl Gardner (musician)

Born 1950

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12369 SINGER

Lotti Golden

Born 1950

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12374 BASKET

Don Beck (basketball)

Born 1953

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12386 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Dennis Shasha

Born 1955

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12390 NEWS PRESENTER

Loretta Schrijver

Born 1956

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12391 JOURNALIST

Richard Ouzounian

Born 1950

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12402 WRITER

Lisa Birnbach

Born 1957

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12408 ACTOR

Alice Barrett

Born 1956

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12436 LITERARY

Maureen Corrigan

Born 1955

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12454 SINGER

Gianna Rolandi

Born 1952

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12471 MANAGER

Jim Gianopulos

Born 1951

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12473 ACTOR

Lela Ivey

Born 1958

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12484 ACADEMIC

Ben Yagoda

Born 1954

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12487 WRITER

Laurie Rozakis

Born 1952

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12490 ACTOR

Paul Christie (voice actor)

Born 1951

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12517 FOOTBALL

Dan Jiggetts

Born 1954

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12529 WRITER

Robin Hemley

Born 1958

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12534 BUSINESS

Christophe Riboud

1950 - 1987

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12538 BASKET

Willie Sims (basketball)

Born 1958

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12550 PSYCHOLOGIST

Lee Jussim

Born 1955

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12551 EPIDEMIOLOGIST

David Michaels (epidemiologist)

Born 1954

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12562 ARTIST

Jennifer Macdonald

Born 1958

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12600 MANAGER

Peter Mensch

Born 1953

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12602 ECONOMIST

Vincent Reinhart

Born 1957

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12603 ACTOR

John Callahan (actor)

1953 - 2020

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12614 BOXER

Elijah Tillery

Born 1957

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12615 ACADEMIC

Howard E. Haber

Born 1952

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12626 NEUROLOGIST

Orrin Devinsky

Born 1957

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12638 RADIO

Bob Boilen

Born 1950

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12646 ACTOR

Tasha Voux

Born 1958

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12649 PAINTER

Sabina Ott

1955 - 2018

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12677 POLITICIAN

Bill Thompson (New York politician)

Born 1953

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12679 ARTIST

Afua Richardson

Born 1950

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12682 COMPOSER

Michael Tenzer

Born 1957

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12687 MEDIA

Susan J. Elliott

Born 1956

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12697 ECONOMIST

Donald B. Marron Jr.

Born 1950

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12698 NOVELIST

Paul Lisicky

Born 1959

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12706 POLITICIAN

Scott Lingamfelter

Born 1951

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12721 ART HISTORIAN

Paul Hayes Tucker

Born 1950

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12743 BUSINESS

Sholom Rubashkin

Born 1959

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12748 COMPOSER

Thomas DeLio

Born 1951

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12771 WRITER

Francis Tiso

Born 1950

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12805 RADIO

Eric Nadel

Born 1951

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12817 PIANIST

Michael Jefry Stevens

Born 1951

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12820 COMPOSER

Laura Kaminsky

Born 1956

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12849 PHILOSOPHER

Tamara Horowitz

1950 - 2000

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12868 PHILOSOPHER

Martín Hopenhayn

Born 1955

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12880 WRITER

Alva Rogers

Born 1959

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12884 NOVELIST

Grace Andreacchi

Born 1954

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12903 ASTRONOMER

Randii Wessen

Born 1958

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12905 POLITICIAN

Kevin A. Cahill

Born 1955

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12919 BASKET

Fran Fraschilla

Born 1958

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12923 WRITER

DeForest Soaries

Born 1951

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12938 BUSINESS

Sholam Weiss

Born 1954

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12941 PROFESSOR

Elisheva Carlebach Jofen

Born 1950

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12945 FENCER

Edward Ballinger

Born 1951

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12966 POLITICIAN

Bill Perkins (politician)

Born 1950

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12967 PAINTER

Michael Hafftka

Born 1953

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12979 ARTIST

Gary Komarin

Born 1951

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12991 PHOTOGRAPHER

Marcia Resnick

Born 1950

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13009 JOURNALIST

Eric Shawn

Born 1957

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13023 CHEMIST

Stephen Lee (chemist)

Born 1956

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13031 EDITOR

Jay Kennedy

1956 - 2007

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13036 AUDIO

Tod A. Maitland

Born 1957

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13040 ILLUSTRATOR

Richard Egielski

Born 1952

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13058 FILM

Shelly Silver

Born 1957

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13063 SINGER

Alvin Slaughter

Born 1955

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13078 MUSIC

Ambersunshower

Born 1950

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13092 SCIENTIST

Jesse H. Ausubel

Born 1951

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13104 PRIEST

Donald Sanborn

Born 1950

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13116 FOOTBALL

Dave Jennings (American football)

1952 - 2013

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13123 BASEBALL

Joe Sambito

Born 1952

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13128 WRITER

Robert Rosen (writer)

Born 1952

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13136 MUSIC

Peter Jeffery

Born 1953

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13137 BASKET

Néstor Cora

Born 1956

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13154 ARTIST

Anne Chu

1959 - 2016

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13170 MUSIC

Douglas Wood (naturalist)

Born 1951

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13172 POET

Sophie Cabot Black

Born 1958

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13173 RABBI

Abraham Cooper (Rabbiner)

Born 1950

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13178 POLITICIAN

John G. Bernander

Born 1957

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13179 NOVELIST

Patty Dann

Born 1953

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13199 ARTIST

Claudia Hart

Born 1955

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13205 SINGER

Regina Richards

Born 1954

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13207 ENTREPRENEUR

Mark Davis (American football)

Born 1954

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13209 MUSIC

Sue Schell

Born 1950

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13215 MOBSTER

Liborio Bellomo

Born 1957

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13221 WRITER

Winn Schwartau

Born 1952

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13225 RADIO

Mike Papantonio

Born 1953

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13239 ASTROPHYSICIST

Ellen Gould Zweibel

Born 1952

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13243 SINGER

Steve Lieberman

Born 1958

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13252 JUDGE

Elaine D. Kaplan

Born 1955

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13267 BASEBALL

Scott Ullger

Born 1955

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13270 PAINTER

Chris Dagradi

Born 1954

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13285 SURGEON

Evan Flatow

Born 1956

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13309 INTERNIST

John La Puma

Born 1957

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13311 BIOLOGIST

David L. Spector

Born 1952

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13313 NOVELIST

Robert J. Randisi

Born 1951

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13315 POLITICIAN

James F. Brennan

Born 1952

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13322 JOURNALIST

Robin Herman

Born 1951

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13340 PAINTER

Nancy Dwyer

Born 1954

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13345 LAWYER

Stephen C. Robinson

Born 1957

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13353 PHYSICIST

Anthony M. Johnson

Born 1954

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13354 FILM

Janet Yang

Born 1956

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13381 PAINTER

Amy Antin

Born 1955

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13395 BUSINESS

John Mara

Born 1954

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13397 WRITER

Richard Michelson

Born 1953

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13402 ACTOR

Betsy Joslyn

Born 1954

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13411 POLITICIAN

Charles Barron

Born 1950

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13426 ACTOR

Bobby Slayton

Born 1955

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13449 LAWYER

Gordon P. Robertson

Born 1958

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13474 SCREENWRITER

Tom Wiggin

Born 1955

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13479 LAWYER

Abbe Lowell

Born 1952

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13480 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Ken Birman

Born 1955

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13490 LAWYER

Alex Roshuk

1956 - 2014

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13500 MILITAR

Sean MacFarland

Born 1959

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13502 COMPOSER

Paul Jacobs (composer)

Born 1950

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13503 JOURNALIST

Bohdan Andrusyshyn

Born 1958

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13507 SURGEON

Steven M. Zeitels

Born 1957

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13510 SCULPTOR

Jedd Novatt

Born 1958

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13514 JOURNALIST

Rory O'Connor (filmmaker)

Born 1951

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13517 SCREENWRITER

Heide Perlman

Born 1951

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13522 FOOTBALL

Roland Hooks

Born 1953

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13534 RADIO

Brian Lehrer

Born 1952

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13535 FILM

Pierce Rafferty

Born 1952

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13538 ARTIST

Mindy Alper

Born 1959

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13547 JOURNALIST

Mara Liasson

Born 1955

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13567 ARTIST

Allan Neuwirth

Born 1956

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13573 FILM

Michael Nolin

Born 1950

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13575 WRITER

Jami Bernard

Born 1956

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13578 SURGEON

Allan Hamilton

Born 1950

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13586 PHYSICIST

Daniel L. Stein

Born 1953

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13602 CONSULTANT

Jacquelyn Ottman

Born 1955

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13603 ACTOR

John Mengatti

Born 1954

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13618 ACTOR

Radio Man

Born 1951

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13625 MOBSTER

Vincent Basciano

Born 1959

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13632 POLITICIAN

Karen Spilka

Born 1953

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13636 LAWYER

William Francis Kuntz

Born 1950

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13645 GUITAR

Robert Phillips (guitarist)

Born 1953

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13670 SCREENWRITER

Ron J. Friedman

Born 1950

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13671 CARTOONIST

Mark Newgarden

Born 1959

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13675 COMPOSER

Craig Sharmat

Born 1957

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13683 HISTORIAN

Leslie Brown (historian)

1954 - 2016

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13689 MUSIC

Mark Sherman (musician)

Born 1957

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